With the VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2025 in full swing, day one saw fierce competition and standout performances as players across the Pacific battle for team glory and a ticket to the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, China, this April. Australia and New Zealand come into the tournament as favourites and are dominating early, but…
The seeding list for the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2025 has now been released, showcasing what will be on offer from across the Oceania region. Men’s Singles: New Zealand’s Edward Lau leads the charge as the only local player within the top eight seeds. As the 2024 men’s singles champion he has cause to be watching…
The VICTOR Oceania Championships has once again attracted an unexpected high entry. In 2024 when the Championships were in Geelong, Australia there was a larger than anticipated Australian entry; with the Championships moving across the Tasman for 2025 to North Harbour, New Zealand it was thought that the entries would be similar to 2023 when…
It was a true battle in the Men’s Doubles, the first three-game showdown of the day which was also a rematch from last week’s Final at the Roketto Sydney International, where the Japanese secured victory.
Mixed Doubles Shaunna Li/Edward Lau [NZL] came out firing in the first game of the Semi Final against Alvin Morada/Airah Mae Nicole Albo [PHI]. They powered ahead to a five-point lead at the first interval and continued all the way to game-point at 20-14. A few mistakes allowed their opponents to get back up to…
Women’s Singles Quarter Final Results: It was an all-Singapore battle between Jaslyn Hooi [SGP] and Joelle Jia Ya Chee [SGP] in a thrilling three-game encounter that lasted 75 minutes. Chee, who made it through to the Main Draw through qualifying, took the first 22-20 over Hooi. However, Hooi’s skill and experience came to the forefront,…
Mixed Doubles: In one of the last matches of the day, Edward Lau and Shaunna Li’s [NZL] hope of making it through to the Quarter Finals almost looked to be dashed by Li-Wei Po and Yen Yu Lin [TPE]. The New Zealanders, who are also North Harbour players, remained close to their opponents in the…
It was a very proud moment when the three words “love, all, play” were spoken this morning to kick off Day 1 of the MAXX North Harbour International. It had been nearly 21 months since a match had been played at the venue due to the devastating damage caused by floods in back 2023, but…
Women’s Doubles The first clash of the day was the Women’s Doubles Final rematch from last week in Bendigo between Chinese Taipei pairs Chih Chen Lee and Lin Yen Yu against Yin-Hui Hsu and Jhih Yun Lin. Command in the first game was neck-and-neck for the first few minutes before Hsu and Lin managed to…
Mixed Doubles: Cheng Kuan Chen/Yin-Hui Hsu [TPE] v Nozomi Shimizu/Andika Ramadiansyah [AUS] Australian pair Nozomi Shimizu and Andika Ramadiansyah have booked themselves into Sunday’s Roketto Sydney International Final after a dominant 21-18, 21-11 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Li-Wei Po and Yen Yu Lin. After being knocked out during the Quarter Finals at last week’s YONEX…